Question 1. What is the concept of
unalienable rights as mentioned by Jefferson in the Declaration of
Independence?
Unalienable rights are rights which are not able
to be taken away, changed, nor transffered. These are our
natural rights, or god-given rights. They exist independently
of government and constitutions. They are worth fighting
for.
Question 2. Explain your feeling about this
statement: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and
religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any
other.”
The meaning behind this statement is that without
ethics and an internal moral compass; and the willingness to protect
our rights; no piece of paper can stop their usurpation.
Question
3. As a public official, you will be required to take an oath to
uphold and preserve the Constitution of the United States. When is
the last time you undertook a serious study of the Constitution and
can you identify one or two areas where you feel the Constitution is
being violated today?
I have studied the Constitutions for the
United States and West Virginia carefully. I carry a copy of
the US Constitution in my pocket with me. The Constitution is
being violated on nearly every front. Nearly every Article of
the Bill of Rights is being violated.
Question 4. What is
the proper role of government?
The proper role of government
is to protect the individual rights of the Citizens which constitute
it. Anything else is an usurpation. Our Constitution
gives 19 things for Congress to do. No more, no less. No
transferring of responsibility and privileges.
Question 5.
If you were elected to Congress, what is the first thing you should
do, after reading a bill, in deciding on how to vote on the bill?
I
would open up my copy of the Constitution and see if We, the People,
have granted Congress the authority to do what the Bill proposes.
If it does not explicitly state it in Article 1, Section 8: then I
would vote NO.
Question 6. What do you understand by the
general welfare clause in the Constitution? Does it give Congress
additional authority?
The "General Welfare Clause"
says that the gov't will promote not 'provide for'
the general welfare not 'specific welfare.' This means that Congress must do due diligence
to protect the rights of the individual. It grants no new
powers to government.
Question 7. What do you understand
is the correct meaning of the necessary and proper clause, or the
elastic clause as it is sometimes called, found at the end of Article
I, Section 8 of the Constitution? Does this give additional power to
Congress?
It, too, grants no new powers to Congress. It
only strengthens Article 1, Section 8.
Question 8. The
specific powers of state or local officials are not as clearly
itemized in state constitutions or local city charters as they are in
the Federal Constitution for Federal officials. If you are elected to
a state or local office, what will be your guidelines in making
decisions as to what you should or should not do in your office?
"Government is best which governs least." I
believe Liberty is the best policy; and the freedom of the individual
would be my guide in this respect.
Question 9. What are
the specific areas of responsibility of the President of the United
States as listed in the Constitution?
The President's duties
are listed in Article 2 of the US Constitution. They include:
Being the chief diplomat, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy, provide for the calling forth of the Militia of the Several
States to Federal Service; and to grant reprieves and pardons..
Question 10. Does the Constitution give the President
power to regulate or bailout industries, to commit troops to war, to
give foreign aid, to make laws by executive orders, to decide who
gets Federal aid and who does not, to chisel away at American
sovereignty by making executive agreements with foreign entities, or
to lock up the natural resources of the nation from being enjoyed by
the people?
No. The President can move troops about
after a lawful Declaration of War from Congress, or in the immediate
defense of our home shores.
Questions 11. The Federal
courts seem to be involved in almost every aspect of American life.
Are there any restrictions in the Constitution concerning the kinds
of cases the Federal courts can accept?
Article 3 lists very
specific restrictions of the Federal Judiciary. Everything else
should be left to the States.
Question 12. Why has the
Supreme Court dealt with so many matters outside its Constitutional
jurisdiction?
Because We, the People have not stopped them.
Those in power always seek to control more and more. It is our
responsibility to keep that from happening, or to rectify the
situation.
Question 13. In what way has the Commerce
Clause been distorted to give the Federal Government unconstitutional
powers?
The Commerce Clause has been so abused to become
ridiculous. It has been used to control many aspects of the
Citizens' lives; such as: in relation to insurance, health care,
firearms, and numerous other instances.
Question 14. Has
Congress fulfilled its constitutional responsibility to structure and
operate a constitutional monetary system and what would you do to
make improvements in the system?
The Constitution states that
only gold and silver should be used as money, and Congress has the
value to coin (i.e. not print) money and regulate its value.
Congress does not have authority to give this responsibility to a
third party, such as a privately owned banking cartel called "The
Federal Reserve." The current system is entirely
unconstitutional.
Question 15. Nearly every public
official is faced with questions of public debt. What is your opinion
of using debt and how should it be paid off?
Jefferson said
that debt should be paid off in the generation which accrued it.
Our government is doing the opposite, saddling our future children
and grandchildren with so much debt they will be little more than
wage slaves to foreign bodies. It's unconscionable.
Question
16. What kind of taxes are the best for government to use to support
its proper functions?
Indirect taxes are what was preferred by
the founders (as evidenced by no income tax for the first 100 years
of our country's history.) The Supreme Court ruled that the
16th Amendment gave the Federal Government no new powers of
taxation. Therefore: the income tax on wages is
unconstitutional; not even mentioning that you are forced under
penalty of perjury to testify against yourself every year by the
IRS.
Question 17. What authority does the Federal
Government have to occupy land within a state?
Only for a few
purposes (such as courthouses and arsenals, others) and only with the
consent of the State Legislatures. There is no authority for
huge tracts of lands such as National Forests, etc.
Question
18. If elected, how will you use your office to help restore true
constitutional government to our land once again?
I will seek
to educate my fellows, to repeal unlawful statutes, to revitalize the
Constitutional Militias of the Several States, and to protect the
rights of the individual.